[TowerTalk] MFJ-259B vs Vectronics 584B ?

[Pete Smith]

At 10:11 PM 2/2/01 -0500, Edward L Bruns wrote:
>I can tell you in ten days as I ordered one this morning Gary.
>S/H was high, ten bux for ground.....plus sales tax, the total 
>came to $167.95. As near as I can tell, they are identical. We
>shall see.

I notice two specific external differences -- the right-hand front panel
meter is labeled "Impedance" on the 259B and "Resistance" on the
Vectronics, and the 259B appears to have a separate ground terminal on the
top of the case (for open wire line?) that is missing from the Vectronics.
I wonder if the latter is just an MFJ 259 in drag?  

I suspect there is no free lunch here -- that MFJ was stuck with a lot of
259s, and chose this way of clearancing them.

73, Pete N4ZR
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